Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Well I usually use something smaller, but it’s nice to know I have it. View attachment 3714127

There is no too much.

 

[GonePlaid]

There is no too much.

There is if ya hafta move it yerself!

 

[Instagator]

Similar. I did remain active despite a desk job and copious travel. But age has altered what I do.

I had to quit running in my late 30s. Many years of running in the army, some of it while carrying 40+lbs and a number of running injuries have taken their toll. I stopped lifting weights in my 40s, partly for health reasons. I quit yoga as well (for injury reasons no less!).

But I remain active. I have worn out an elliptical trainer (5 years and a lot of mileage), I do stairs, and I skip. I kayak and I ski. And I rollerblade. I don't think I will ever want to stop doing things.

Yeah..at my age I quit running as well..Mainly because I gave up shoplifting.

 

[Count Bassie]

I'm not having a funeral! If my heirs want their inheritance, they have to keep me sitting on the couch at home for a year!

I want to have my corpse animated with an armature (hinged parts) and servos. You should be able to hear the servos whirring when the thing moves. I want it to be installed in a particular part of the house, as just a regular feature of the place.
At some point of course it won't be so funny anymore, at which point the corpse can go to the furnace and the motorized skeleton can be repurposed...

 

[bylar13]

This is the house bass rig in one of the places I'm playing:

Ampeg SVT Classic tube bass amp
Ampeg 8 x 10 bass cabinet

Ha! Definitely not The Fire!

 

[BklynKen]

I owned a mid 70s blue line SVT/810 rig. Played my 67 NR through it in a Miami Beach hotel lounge. It was really more amp than I needed for the room, but all the "cool" guys were using them so I hadda have one. . It never got 'pushed'. Maybe that's why I was seriously unimpressed, but I honestly think my funky-@$$, old (1970) Kasino [200W/2x15s] woulda sounded just as good if not "gooder". But I had the $, and major GAS for the 'peg. Shoulda saved the coin and bought a second THUNDERBIRD.

Ha! Definitely not The Fire!

Hah, I'm sure not. This is the Mercury Lounge in NY. Assuming I have a choice, I'm leaning towards my GK MB500 into their Ampeg cab. The first bass amp tone I fell in love with was a GK 800RB into an Ampeg cab.

 

[Count Bassie]

Classic. Like this:
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In love...

 

[dagrev]

Measured overall lengths (tip of headstock to furthest end of body):
48.5” Epi std IV
50.5” Epi VP IV
Most the difference is of course the headstock length.
So when looking for a VP case...

My '64 Embassy is even longer than the VP. Fortunately I had an TKL (I think I got that right), that I used to use for my old Thunderbird. That little looking bass is long and requires some long strings as well.

 

[dagrev]

Country Club Cocktail Party 5-8 tonight. Decent gig except for the part where we fed the wildlife(skeeters ).

Splash on a little Brut 33. That will keep pretty much everything away.

 

[FlyingPigSound]

I've gotten to using the Rumble 100 for most of my gigs[200c semi-retired]. Used my 2000 Bassman 25 tonight.(and THUNDERBIRD)

Those Rumble amps are really good. I currently use the 200v3 w/ my ' Bird, and it's plenty loud, has a DI out for PA support if needed, and best of all...is super light

 

[Miles_ONeal]

It's never too late to improve your fitness. However, it may be too late to do it the same way you used to when you were in your 20's and 30's. I was very active and athletic up to my 40's, then a desk job consumed my life. For 25 years about the only excercise I got was at a computer keyboard, walking to a coffee pot or meeting, or running to catch a plane.

Now that I'm in my 60's I've found two things that seem to strike a perfect balance for me to stay relatively fit. First - low impact cardio workouts, to get my heart, lungs and muscles some needed exercise without over stressing joints and tendons. I try to put in a nice fast paced 5K walk every other morning. Second - careful Iyengar or restorative type yoga, to keep my joints loose and tendons and muscles stretched, balance and core enhanced, and even a bit of state of mind relaxation. I do the yoga on the days I'm not doing cardio. This all takes about 45 minutes a day and alternating between walking and yoga seems to minimize pain, stiffness and injury. YMMV

There's no way I could do boxing or kick boxing for excercise, it's way too much impact for my joints and too much rapid extension for my muscles and tendons. I'd end up with more injuries than I started with and would soon be in a situation of resorting to rest for healing thereby not getting any excercise. That's exactly what I went through when I decided to start running a few years ago, more knee and foot injuries and down time than excercise for me.

When I started getting back into shape after years fo driving a desk 80+ hrs/week, I started off real easy. I mean walk 50/run 50 would degenerate into walk 50/jog 5 well before my daily mile was up.
Eventually I was running an occasional 5k and finishing mid-pack (I have never been a distance runner).
Lately I take a lot of stairs, and have just started back at the gym for upper body- again taking it easy. No shame in not hurting yourself!

And get good running shoes. Maybe add gel inserts. And run on something besides concrete (and asphalt if possible, much better for knees, feet, etc. wrap your lower legs to help avoid shin splints.

 

[MCF]

Rotosound Ultramag

Personally, I’m not a fan of the black hardware (tuners, bridge, strap pins), so I’m glad that my ‘19 Bird came stock with chrome. I can live with the black pups, as they sound so good I don’t want to mess with them...
(I did add chrome indicator washers under my three knobs)
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Rotosound Ultramag
Welll, I like all the looks. So long as it’s a THUNDERBIRD, it’s all good. Happy Thursday!

 

[MCF]

T-40-BirdView attachment 3713854

That will no doubt be a tone machine. A huge improvement over the stock PJ config. And lighter than the Peavy which is a very nice, underrated bass in its own right. We were talking in here about some regrets, and passing on a T-40 a few years ago for $450 w/ case is one of mine. It was just too heavy.

 

[GonePlaid]

Those Rumble amps are really good. I currently use the 200v3 w/ my ' Bird, and it's plenty loud, has a DI out for PA support if needed, and best of all...is super light

Both the 100, which I got in Dec., and the 200c, which I got in Nov.,2015, are v3s.

 

[MCF]

I'm not having a funeral! If my heirs want their inheritance, they have to keep me sitting on the couch at home for a year!

But the melons will rot.

 

[Kevan Campbell]

No "regular" Gibson 5'ers, just Studio models and that means no 5'ers with a raised center unless you go custom, like Cataldo.



I had a Studio V in Cherry. She was a beauty but she suffered from a weak B which I heard was common in the V's. I sold it and took a chance on another V and its B sounds THUNDEROUS! No weakness at all.



If you're looking for an Ebony one, let me know when you're ready.

Sorry to crash the convo here but are you thinking on selling a Gibson Thunderbird Studio V?

 

[JJR58]

Absofrigginlutely.....notice the P there just for you!.....
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Love it Chuck!

 

[MCF]

Similar. I did remain active despite a desk job and copious travel. But age has altered what I do.

I had to quit running in my late 30s. Many years of running in the army, some of it while carrying 40+lbs and a number of running injuries have taken their toll. I stopped lifting weights in my 40s, partly for health reasons. I quit yoga as well (for injury reasons no less!).

But I remain active. I have worn out an elliptical trainer (5 years and a lot of mileage), I do stairs, and I skip. I kayak and I ski. And I rollerblade. I don't think I will ever want to stop doing things.

I’ve turned into a slug. Was a good swimmer as a kid, transitioned to running and was really good. A freak injury ended that. But doing 100 mile weeks as a teen in what were then the top of the line shoes, but now would be considered a joke, wore out my knees. Today anything over a 5k and I can’t walk for three days. When I had my place in Sacto for a few years and spent a lot of time up there, I got into using a Nordic Trac which is easy on the joints. Need to get back into it.

 

[MCF]

In love...

As am I. Her tone (I’m talking Nikki, not the amp) is great. Her playing is perfect for the songs. She’s cute. And smart. And she’s one of the nicest people in music. And to top it all off, she plays THUNDERBIRDS.

 

[stonehenge]

That will no doubt be a tone machine. A huge improvement over the stock PJ config. And lighter than the Peavy which is a very nice, underrated bass in its own right. We were talking in here about some regrets, and passing on a T-40 a few years ago for $450 w/ case is one of mine. It was just too heavy.

I'm pretty curious to try this out, I had a Peavey T-40 a few years ago and while I loved the sound I too found it to be extremely heavy and clunky, sort of like playing a cutting board with strings